Possible to cancel Sky & still watch F1 in 2012?

Spank

Itismehonest wrote: »

Neither was allowed to have 3 races in a row.
Remember, too, that the practice sessions which are all to be shown by Sky will only be shown on BBC for the races that they(the Beeb) are showing live.

I never said 3 in a row, they had first choice of 3 races. Britain, Monaco & Belgium were BBC's first pick then it went on from there.

mcfisco

Gratis wrote: »

Sky, incidentally, is not owned by "the Murdochs" nor even by News Corp. If it were, they wouldn't have tried (unsuccessfully) to buy it for £5 billion earlier this year.

They own a big enough chunk of it to make me uncomfortable - what is it 39%?

Jo4

Gratis wrote: »

No. As almillar has posted (and he's always right! :T) you won't need to pay for Sky Sports (£20 supplement per month) to watch the Formula One on Sky. You will be able to receive it (and in HD) for no additional fee if you subscribe to Sky HD generally (which is a supplement of £10.25 per month).

So, if you don't want to pay Sky an additional £240 a year to watch people playing with balls or swimming up and down pools for hours on end, just to get the Formula One, you won't have to. You can pay £97 a year less by simply upgrading your Sky to HD instead (if you haven't already done so) and getting it "free".

Bear in mind that if you (are able to) cancel Sky right now, you have to give Sky 31 days' notice, so you (and your parents) will get all the Christmas and New Year season Sky service anyway, before it cuts off.

When you ring to cancel, it is likely that Sky will offer you, there and then, a discount not to. If Sky doesn't (or if you aren't happy with the discount offered) and you go ahead with the cancellation, it is usual that, after a couple of months of receiving no money from you :eek: :wall: , Sky will offer you the inducement of a 50% discount for 12 months. Your two months without Sky would save you at least £40 (possibly a lot more) and your resumption, with HD, would coincide handily with the start of the Formula One season on 16 March.

We cancelled Sky and were without it for three months (saving us £100). At the end of November we were offered a 50% discount for a year and took it – with HD again.

So, the basic pack (£20 a month), discounted, by 50%, to £10 a month, plus the HD (undiscounted) at £10.25 a month, will cost us a total of £20.25 a month for a year and will include the full Formula One package. That, for £243 a year, offers quite a lot. Our year of discount will coincide handily with the end of the Formula One season, so we'll probably cancel the whole lot again then!

Bear in mind also that Sky is devoting a whole new HD channel to Formula One when it launches in March, so, there'll be lots of extra stuff on it and your husband will be in Seventh Heaven!


Here's a list of the 20 Grands Prix scheduled for next year.

The ones in red will be shown LIVE only by Sky.

The ones in green will be shown LIVE also by the BBC.

And, to assist anyone who may suffer from eyesight problems with colour, I've also marked the latter with an asterisk { * }.


Formula 1 Calendar - 2012


1. Australia

2. Malaysia

3. China *

4. Bahrain

5. Spain *

6. Monaco *

7. Canada

8. Europe *

9. Great Britain *

10. Germany

11. Hungary

12. Belgium *

13. Italy

14. Singapore *

15. Japan

16. South Korea *

17. India

18. Abu Dhabi *

19. United States

20. Brazil *


Clearly, the BBC has been allowed by Sky to cherry-pick fairly generously but there are limits to how much Sky can afford to let itself be undermined by the process. The BBC has been denied some important ones live and has had to accept a few dogs – no pun intended – with China, South Korea and, some would say, Valencia.

The BBC has also had the wisdom to decline Bahrain and has steered clear of Austin, both of which races are somewhat uncertain.

I agree with mcfisco that Australia and Canada are major omissions but I consider Hockenheim, Monza (particularly) and Suzuka as even more important ones. Suzuka, however, will be mitigated by time-zone considerations. Many in the Asian community will probably be disappointed by missing out on India, live, as well – but that, too, will be helped by its time-zone for showing "extended highlights" later in the day.

If, however, the penultimate race, at Austin does go ahead, one or both of the World Championships could be decided there. Which would leave the BBC in a very embarrassing position.

Sky, incidentally, is not owned by "the Murdochs" nor even by News Corp. If it were, they wouldn't have tried (unsuccessfully) to buy it for £5 billion earlier this year.

Your response isn't very clear, could you please provide me with a little more detail? :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: